Soap dispenser



Fatented Mar. 10, 192,5.

JOHND. maar, or-,somnvlfnai NEW-'Jenaer- SOAP DISPENSER.

Application filed November', 1931.5' Serial No. 513,819.

To all whom-t may concern Belit known; that 1, JOHN yD. BRANT, a citizen; of the United Statesanda resident of Somerville, inthe county lof Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Soap Dispenser, ofwhich the following is a description.

My /invention relates, to dispensers forl liquid or powderedsoap suchas areI aflixedto aA wall or like support in al lavatory-and thev general objectief the invention is to pro-- Vide a construction thatwill defeat or hamper thefattempts to steal the dispenser or the parts-thereof. v

A further/object ofthe inventiongis to provide a novelassemblage of simple parts involving a measuring device' to cause I a limited quantity of the rsoapvto bedispensed.

The nature of ,the invention and-its distinctive features and characteristics will plate 10 is provided, adapted to be secured-` to a wall-A or like support as for example by screws 11 and projecting fi'om said bracket plate is a forwardly extending stud or spindle 12. A base 13 is provided having a hollow flaring end 14 adapted to cover and form concealment of the supporting bracket 10. Adjacent to the hollow end 14 of the base 13 the latter is formed with a horizontal bore 13a to receive the spindle 12 so that the base has support on said spindle.

The base 13 accommodates the bottom 15 of a soap cup 16, the cup proper being separate and in the form of a shell tting at its lower end over the annular flange or neck 17 on said bottom 15. A vertical screw hole 13b is formed in the base 13 to intersect the bore 13a and a registering screw hole 15zi is formed. in thebottom r15. adjacent to the edge, said,liolesfreceiving a. screw 18 which binds againstthe spindle 12 and-lies vHush,

with the upper surface4 of the ybottoni 15 and is adapted to receive a wrenchor turning deviceof particular form, said screw haifing in the illustrated example a triangular depression' or socket 1Sa'to receive the triangu; larheadrof the turning pool, not shown.` A dome-shaped cover 19 lis `provided for the cup V16 and rests at its bottom edge on the botto`m-15 within the Iupper edge of the base f13,thereby being vdisposed outside ofthe screw 18 to -makethe latter inaccessible-except vby'removing the cover 19 to exposesaid `screw andfmaking it then necessary to possess a special -turningtool to loosen the screw 18 andfpermi-t the baseto be slipped'ffrom the spindle 12. f

In the bottom 15 of the. soap cup is a vertical-outlet hole 2O leading to a horizontal cylinder- 21 inwhich Yoperates piston 22 formed approximately centrally 'thereof withj a chamber 23 adapted to ybe alternately brought-,into register withf the outlet 20 and with a dischargel pipe 24 leading from the cylinderv 21to the bottom of the basel 13. The operating rod 25 of piston 22 extends through Ithe outer` end-fof the base 13 to the exterior of. the 'latter and is ,formed with a head'26 orfthe like. -A compressionspring 27 is disposed in the cylinder 21 and abuts at oneendY against the'piston 22 and at its opposite. end against the rear .end ofthe cylinclei-21,- said spring acting to y,restore thepiston after the latterhas been moved forwardly.

Normally, lthe piston 22` ati-ts forward end is automatically positioned to close the outlet 2O from the soap cup. A forward movement of the piston 22 by pressure against the head 26 will bring the chamber 23 of the piston into register with the outlet 2O and the rear portion. 22a of said piston will then cut 01T the discharge pipe 24 so that at no time is there direct cominunica tion between said outlet 20 and the discharge pipe 24. The' movement of the piston to bring the chamber into register with the outlet 2O will enable said Vchamber to be filled with soap, whereupon the pressure of the head 26 is relieved, permitting the spring 27 to restore the piston to a position closing the outlet 2O and bringing the cham- 'illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly thepsame can be considerably varied Without departure from the spirit of the invention as dened inthe appended claims. n

Having thus described my invention, I claim: n Y

1. A vdispensing device of the class described and supporting means therefor, comf prising a bracket adapted to be secured to a support, a spindle projecting forwardly from said bracket, a base having a bore accommodating said spindle and'formed with a hollowT end covering and concealing said bracket, means to fasten the base to saidr spindle, a soap dispensing cup supported on said base, a dispensing means for controlling the outflow from said cup, and acover extending over said cup and over said fastening means.

2. In a dispensing device of the class described, a bracket adapted to be secured to a support,a lateral spindle on said bracket, a soap cup, a separate bottom for said soap cup, a base fitting on said bracket and housing said bracket and its said spindle, said separate bottom of the soap cup supported on said base, and means fastening said cup bottom to said base and fastening said base to said spindle.

8. In a dispensing device of 'the classk described, a supporting bracket having a forwardly extending spindle, a base having a bore fitting said spindle, the said base forming a cover concealing said bracket, a set screw fastening the base to the spindle, a

Vthe form of an inverted cup covering said soap cup and supported on said base outside of the soap cup.

5. A dispensing device of the classpdescribed comprising a base, a soap cupv having a bottom supported on said base, means outside of the cup and serving to fasten said cup bottom to said base, and a cover over said cup and supported on said base outside of said fastening means; together with manually operable means to optionally discharge material from saidcup.

6. A dispensing `device of the Vclass described,including` a base, a cup comprising a shell open at its upper and lower ends, and a bottom separate from the shelland closing the lower end of the shell; together with means to discharge material from the shell through said bottom and a cover for said shell and concealing the same.

7. A dispensing device ofthe clas-s def scribed, including a cup having an open top,

a support for said cup, dispensing means in said support to optionally discharge ma- Y terial from'said cup, and a cover in the formy of an inverted cupy secured to said support and covering said first-mentioned cup and concealing the same, said inverted cup being permanently closed at the top and sides and open at the bottom only.

8. In a dispensing device of the class described, a bracket adapted to be secured to a support, a lateral spindle projecting from said bracket,'a base iitting on said spindle and having a hollow member, said basev and its said hollow member housing and concealing said bracket and spindle, and a soap cup supported on said base 5f together with means in the base optionally operable to discharge material from said cup.

JOI-IN D. BRANT. 

